Piper PA-28-236 N8470H

Summary

On 11 January 1986 at about 18:25 local time, a Piper PA-28-236 registered N8470H, operated by Eugene Bouska, was involved in an accident near Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 January 1986 at 18:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Schaumburg Air Park (06C)

Coordinates

41.9795, -88.0793

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-236

Registration

N8470H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Eugene Bouska

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chicago → Schaumburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86LA064

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN REFUELED THE DAY BEFORE IN BUFFALO NEW YORK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN TO CHICAGO,IL. THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT WAS FOUR HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WITHOUT REFUELING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO SCHAUMBURG, IL WHERE THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A STATE HIGHWAY STRIKING A CAR AND A ROW OF MAILBOXES. THE PILOT STATED HE FELT HE HAD 15.1 GALS OF FUEL REMAINING WHEN HE DEPARTED CHICAGO FOR SCHAUMBURG. HIS CALCULATION WAS BASED ON THE 4.5 HRS. FLOWN THE DAY BEFORE AT 75% POWER WITH 72 USABLE GALS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LESS THAN ONE QUART OF FUEL REMAINING AFTER THE CRASH LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.